Al Ittihad Jeddah – Al Draih match report
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Al Draih failed to score as Al Ittihad Jeddah won 2-0 in the Suudi Professional League. It was 1-0 at half-time. George Ilenikhena was our player of the match, rated 6.9 by the ScoreMondo model for Al Ittihad Jeddah. The match was played on Friday, 23 October 2026 at Alinma Stadium (matchday 11).
How the match unfolded
A Al Ittihad Jeddah goal stood after a VAR check in the 30th minute. Al Ittihad Jeddah took the lead in the 30th minute through George Ilenikhena. Al Ittihad Jeddah led 1-0 at the break.
VAR disallowed a Al Ittihad Jeddah goal on 58 minutes. After a review on 75 minutes, Al Ittihad Jeddah were given a penalty. Al Ittihad Jeddah extended their lead to 2-0 in the 77th minute with Georginio Wijnaldum from the penalty spot. Al Ittihad Jeddah had a goal ruled out in the 89th minute. Abdulelah Al-Malki saw a second yellow and then red in the 96th minute, leaving Al Draih short-handed.
What the numbers say
On target it was 4-1, from 8 and 6 attempts respectively. Corners finished 8-7. The referee showed 7 yellow cards, 3 to Al Ittihad Jeddah and 4 to Al Draih, and a red. Dangerous attacks: 69 for Al Ittihad Jeddah, 53 for Al Draih. Al Ittihad Jeddah committed 7 fouls to Al Draih's 7, and the offside count read 3-0.
Al Ittihad Jeddah's yellow cards went to Saad Al Mosa in the 6th minute, Mukhtar Ali in the 24th minute and George Ilenikhena in the 42nd minute. Booked for Al Draih: Óscar Rodríguez (35'), Berat Djimsiti (57'), Enzo Millot (58'), Meshari Al Nemer (60') and Abdulelah Al-Malki (63').
Who stood out
The best ScoreMondo ratings after the player of the match went to Georginio Wijnaldum (Al Ittihad Jeddah, 6.7), Predrag Rajkovic (Al Ittihad Jeddah, 6.7) and Abdi Faris (Al Ittihad Jeddah, 6.5). From the Al Ittihad Jeddah bench came Youssef En-Nesyri on 45 minutes, Dion Lopy on 45 minutes, Marwan Al-Sahafi on 78 minutes and Muath on 82 minutes, among 5 changes. Al Draih made 5 changes: Clayton Diandy for Hussain Al-Sabiyani (58'), Darwin Núñez for Lovro Chelfi (58'), Khalid Al Asiri for Hussain Al-Qahtani (58') and Abdulelah Al-Malki for Meshari Al Nemer (58').
How they came into it
Al Ittihad Jeddah came into the match with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from their last 5 matches — scoring in 7 straight games. Their most recent game was a 4-1 win over Al Ettifaq Dammam for Al Ittihad Jeddah. Before kick-off, Al Draih's last 5 matches had brought 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Last time out, Al Draih beat Al Riyadh SC 1-0 at home. Majed Mohammed Al-Shamrani was the referee, averaging 4.3 yellow cards per match across 24 matches in our records.
The bigger picture
Al Ittihad Jeddah have now scored in 8 consecutive matches.
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